The Brookhaven leader., 1887-07-21


| like a paved city-pavcd with gold and
another man tells me il is like fOun'
ain and it is like tree and II
is like a triumphal procession, and the
next man | meet tells me it is all fig
urative. ; | really want TO know, after the
| body is rcsurreCted, what they wear and
what they eat; and have an immeasu
| able curiosity TO know what it is and how
| it is and where it is.
Columbus risked his life to find this
| continent, and shall we shudder to 90
! out on a voyage of discovery which shall
reveal vastcr and more brilliant cOun-
tryi John Franklin riskcd his life to find a
| passage between iCcbergs, and shall we
dread to find passage to eternal sum
mort Men in Switzerland travel up the
heights of the Matterhorn with alpen-
stock, and guides, and rockets, and
ropes, and, getting half way up,
| stumble and fall down in hor
rible massacre They just want to
say they had been on the tops of
| those high peaks. And shall we fear to
20 out for the ascent of the eternal hills
which start a thousand miles beyond
where stop the highest peaks Of the Alps,
and when in that ascent there is no Derilf
A man doomed TO die stepped on the
scaffoll and said in joy:
"Now, in ten minutes will know the
great secret"
One minute after the vital functions
ceased the little Child that died last night
in Montague street knew more than Jona'
than Edwards, or st. Paul himself, before
he died.
Friends, the exit from the world, or
death if you please to call it, to the Chris
tiln is glorious explanation. 1t is dem
onstration. 1t IS illumination. 1t is sun
burst. 1t is the opening of all the win
dows. 1t is shutting up the cate
chism of doubt and the unrOlling Of all
the scrolls of positive and accurate liz
formation Instead of standing at the foot
of the ladder and looking up, it is stand
ing at tho top of the ladder and looking
down It is the last mystery taken out OF
botany, and geology and astronomy and
theology.
O, will it not be grand to havo all Ques-
tions answered: The perpetua}ly recur-
ring interrogation point changed for the
mark Of exclamation. All riddles solved
Who will fear to 90 out on that discovery,
and whom all the ques tons are to be de-
cided which we have been discussing all
our lives. W no shall not clap his hands
in the anticipation Of that blessed coun'
try, if it be no better than through holy
curiosity, CRYING:
Tho time OF my departure is at hand.
Iremark, again, we ought to have the
JOY of the tex, because, leaving this
world we move into the best society Of
the universe. You see great crowd Of
people in some street, and you say:
"Who is passing there1 What general
what prince is going up there?'
Well, see great throng in Heaven.
say
'Eho Is the focus of ali that admira-
tionl Who is the center of that glitter
ing companyf
II is Jesus, the champion of all worlds
the tavorite Of all ages. Do you know
what is the first question the soul will
ask when it comes through the gate OIL
Heavenl | think the first question will
| be:
"Where is Jesus, the Saviour, that par
doned my sin; that carried my sorrows
that fought my battles: that won my
victoricsr
o radiant onei how would like to sec
theel Thou Of the manger, but without
its humiliation; thou Of the cross, bu
without its pangs; thou Of the grave, bu'
without its darkness.
The Bible intimates that we will talh
with Jesus in Heaven just as a brother
talks with brother. Now, what will yor
ask him frstl l do not know l car
think what l would ask Paul first, if saw
him in Heaven l think / would like t.
hear him describe the storm tha
came upon the ship when there
were two hundred and seventy-fvt
souls on the vessel, Paul being the only
man on board cool enough to describe the
storm. There is a fascination about 6
ship and the sea that ! shall never ge
over, and think | would like to hear hin
ia Tx about that first.
But when meet my Lord Jesus Chris
of what shall first delight 10 hear hin
speak9 Now think what it is: | shall
first want to hear the tragedy of his las
hours, and then LukG'S account OF tho
crucifxion will be nothing, while from The
living lips of Christ the story shall be tolC
of the gloom that fell, and the devils tina
arose, and the fact that upon his eadur
ance depended the rescue OF a race, anC
there was darkness in the sky, and there
was darkness in the SOUL and the pait
became more sharp, and the burdens be
came more heavy, until the mob began Il
swim away from the dying vision O.
Christ, and the cursing of the mob came
to his ear more family, and his hands
were fastened to the horizontal piece o.
the cross, and his feet were fastened Il
the perpendicular piece of the cross, anc
his head fell forward in a swoon as ht
uttered the last moan, and cried:
1t is finished.
All Heaven will stop to listen until the
story is done, and every harp will be pu
down, and every lip closed and all eye
fixed on the divine narrator until the
story is done; and then, at the tap of the
baton, the eternal orchestra will rouse
up, finger on string of harp and lips tC
the mouth of trumpet, there shall rol
forth the oratorio of the Messiah
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive
| blessing, and riches and honor, and glory, anC
power world without end
What he endured. oh, who can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell
When there was between Paul and that
magnificent parsonage only the thinness
of the sharp dge of the sword Of the OK
| ecutioner, do you wonder that he wanted
| to go? o, my Lord Jesus, let the wave OF
| that glory roll over this auditory Hark!
Ihear the wedding bells of Heaven ling
| ing now. The marriage of the Lamb has
come, and the bride hath made herselt
| ready.
Pigeons in Russia.
One is struck by the multitudes of pig
cons in and about Moscow. They are held
in great reverence by the common people,